New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-06
SHUT OUT FROM TRUNK LINE TERRITORY


ERN CONNECTIONS.
ST. LOUIS April Special "A sensation was Gre
ated in railroad circles to-day by the announcement
that the negotiations pending between the western
ssenper Agents on side, md tue entral lraibc
on the other for the settlement vi the dis
mute on commissions Tor ticket sales had been abruptly
broken Oh BY tho trunk lines, which had Instructed
THAR agents not to sell any tickets over western
and connecting lines. The information reached this
cit, in q confidential circular issued BY the Pennsyl-
vsnia to its agents. The meaning OF the order tnat
ers cannot purchase tickets anywhere east OF
the Mississippi to any point west OF tho river. The
lnes thus shut out number twentynDe and are among
the strongest transportation companies In the ch'ea
States Among them are Wabash western Missouri
Pacific Iron Mountain Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern, Canadian Pacific, Central Iowa, Chicago
and Alton, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis
and Omaha, Denver and Rio Grande Western, Des
Moines and Fort Dodge, Hannibal and St. Joseph,
Illinois Central Indiana, Bloomington s1d western
Kansas City and St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, Min
neapolis and ST. Louis, Missouri Kansas and Icxas,
Northern Pacific, Rock Island and Peoria, St Paul
Mnneap and Manitoba, Southern Kansas, Wiscons
ain Central Boston and Albany, Central Georgia, Del.
aware and Hudson Canal Company and Detroit and
Cleveland Navigation Company. A..
These are not allowed ticket representation In the
trunk line territory unless they acccde to the demands
OF the Central Traffic Association and stop receiving
and paving commissions on ticket sales and making
aida cuts 10 passenger agents The Western lipes had
formed compact to resist the coercion, and II the
issue was forced intended TO fight But already the
trunk lines are beginning to get the best OF the night
To-day the Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago, NIL,
vaukee and st. Paul and Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy gave In ano promised to stop the commission
practice. The Missouri Pacific, Wabash and othei
roads In the West consider the compact broken,
and they will probably abolish the practice and JON
the trunk lines The other lines have not sgpihed
what their course will be- but the pressure power
full that they cannot resist long
PIrTsRURG, April 5.-Assistant General Passenger
Agent r. Van Dusen. OF the Pennsylvania Company,
stated to-day that the impression that the Eastern
Traffic Association had shut out twenty nine Western
railroads from the trunk line territory was erroneous
&Such talkn said he, us nonsense. The lines over
which through tickets are not being sold are simply
waiting for the advice If their counsel Our company
has already the to sell through tickets over
large number Vt connecting roads, In instances wnero
the sale OF through tickets has been stopped 1t is
merely Temporarily. The tickets will be reinstated
as soon legal advice permits to act as agents OF
each OF the different roads. We have received
authority from several additional Western roads this
morning. Circulars will be issued to-day TO sell
through tickets over such liLes."
ST. PAUL, April (SpeesaD.-The Pennsylvania. lines
received some substantial backing today in the matter
Of their night against the Western roads. kilograms
were received to-day BY the passenger departments of
uuAber Of local roads from the NewYork Central aud
The Erie .asklng whether the conditions Of their
arculars were 70 be accepted negative answer
means the samo course 80 that adopted by
the Pennsylvania. Tho local roads are IN doubt
- 70 the outcome meeting OF the kx-
esa4ys Committee " The Eastern trunk Lines